Observe Deployment Stage

Description

The purpose of the value stream stage “Observe Deployment” is to ensure that the Actual Product Instance (= deployed product instance) is delivering expected functional and non-functional requirements.

Table 1. Observe Deployment Value Stream Stage

Entrance Criteria:

  • Running and validated Actual Product Instance

Exit Criteria:

  • New or updated Actual Product Instance can be handed over to the Operations team

Value Item:

  • Actual Product Instance is operational

Activities:

  • Shall observe Logs, Events, and service levels, and ensure they are stable and acceptable

  • May observe if consumption of the product is working through test consumption and the monitoring of help desk interactions

  • Shall consider if any issues require a quick patch forward or a rollback of deployment

Examples of Participating Stakeholders:

  • Business Stakeholder

  • Development Team

  • Product Manager